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In July 1184, a large group of nobles gathered in a church in present-day Germany to settle a land dispute. Now known as the Erfurt Latrine Disaster, the second floor collapsed, sending dozens into the giant latrine pit below. At least 60 nobles died from drowning in human waste.

The Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184 remains one of the saddest and grossest tragedies of the Middle Ages. Not only did 60 nobles take a fatal fall into a chamber of poop, they were likely still alive when they landed — and slowly suffocated in the cesspool of filth. Read more here: How 60 European Nobleman Drowned To Death In A Vat Of Human Excrement

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Image 1 — During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

Image 2 — During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

Image 3 — During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

Image 4 — During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

Image 5 — During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

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During the '60s and '70s, thousands from Western Europe and the U.S. journeyed on the Hippie Trail, a route from Istanbul to Bangkok where travelers sought out cheap hash, free love, and spiritual enlightenment. The trail died down after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian Revolution.

See more here: 44 Vintage Images Of Asia’s Hippie Trail That Promised Enlightenment And LSD To Thousands Of Western Travelers

u/ATI_Official — 2 days ago

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In 1965, six teens were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island for 15 months. They survived by creating a strict chore schedule, guarding a single fire, and ending each day with a song and prayer. Their families had already held funerals for them when a passing boat spotted their fire and saved them.

After attempting to sail from Tonga to either New Zealand or Australia in 1965, six teenage boys instead ended up on the small uninhabited island of ‘Ata. From the beginning, the boys knew they would have to cooperate to survive. They started and ended each day with a song and a prayer, agreed to divide chores and responsibilities equally, and, if anyone had a problem, they had freedom and space to discuss it. Within the island’s volcanic crater, the so-called Tongan castaways also found the remnants of the island’s former inhabitants, Indigenous people who had been kidnapped as slaves and who had left behind wild taro, bananas, and feral chickens. ⁠

With these resources and their cooperative philosophy, the boys survived on ‘Ata for 15 months — until a fishing boat happened to pass by and rescue them.

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Before she was Marilyn Monroe, 16-year-old Norma Jeane Baker married her first husband, James Dougherty, to avoid being sent back to an orphanage. While she became a global icon, Dougherty became a Los Angeles police officer and later helped invent the SWAT team. They were married for four years.

James Dougherty was 21 years old when he married a teenage Norma Jeane Baker, who would go on to become one of the most famous women in modern history. At the time, however, Baker was just 16 and set to return to an orphanage unless she found a husband quickly. Her foster mother set her up with Dougherty, and though their relationship began as one of convenience, the pair soon "loved each other madly." Just two years after they wed on June 19, 1942, Dougherty was deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. While he was gone, a photographer discovered Norma Jeane Baker working in a factory — and soon, Marilyn Monroe was born. ⁠

Read the full story: James Dougherty, The Little-Known First Husband Of Marilyn Monroe

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On February 16, 2009, Travis the Chimp — a 200lb celebrity animal who could dress himself and use a computer — viciously attacked his owner’s friend, Charla Nash. The brutal event left Nash with catastrophic facial injuries and the loss of her hands, sparking debate over keeping exotic pets.

Read the full story: The Harrowing Story Of Travis The Chimp’s Attack That Left A Woman Without A Face

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